Messing With Her? Are You Crazy! novel Chapter 406

“You think I’m wearing a fake?” Marianne’s face twisted with rage. She pointed at herself and let out a cold laugh. “Patrick, have you no conscience? Your company went bankrupt because you’re incompetent! I had to swallow my pride and ask my family for money just so we could attend Miss Blackwood’s coming-of-age party!”

“If it weren’t for me, do you think you’d be standing here looking so respectable?”

Marianne grew more aggrieved as she spoke. “I spent all the money I scraped together to get Hailey outfitted. Where would I get the money to buy real jewelry for myself? And now you have the nerve to blame me? If you’re so capable, why don’t you buy me something real?”

Her voice kept getting louder, drawing glances from the people around them.

Benedict interrupted, his head pounding. “Mom, Dad, please stop fighting! Isn’t this embarrassing enough? The more you argue, the more attention you attract. Do you really want to become a laughingstock?”

Marianne shut her mouth but shot Patrick a furious glare, her chest heaving with ragged breaths.

She yanked the necklace from her neck and stuffed it into her purse. “Where’s Hailey? She went to the restroom forever ago. The whole family’s future is riding on her now…”

“By the way, have either of you seen the Blackwood heir? We need to find a chance for Hailey to…”

Before she could finish, her voice died in her throat. Her eyes flew wide as she stared straight ahead.

Hailey was walking in through a side door, her head down and her steps unsteady.

She clutched her chest tightly, a look of panic on her face.

Though she had tried to straighten it, the gown the Wynn family had spent a fortune on was still visibly wrinkled and disheveled. The hem even seemed to be stained with something.

Even worse…

The top of her strapless dress was clearly loose. Hailey was holding it up with all her might to prevent a wardrobe malfunction.

“Hailey!”

Marianne’s heart ached. “What happened to you? How did you end up like this?”

The dress had cost a fortune! It had practically wiped out her savings!

Yes, Marianne was heartbroken over the gown she had worked so hard to acquire.

Before, a dress of this price wouldn’t have caused her such pain.

But now… she was wearing a fake necklace herself. All her money had been spent on this dress and Hailey’s jewelry.

How could she not be heartbroken?

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